San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-01-07

The street commissioners force are
cutting down and grading Losoyo street
In front of the opera house.
Several days have passed over with
out a bl Ody tragedy being reported
from some little Texas village near san
Antonio.
The late Mr.. Hendry, OF Luling. was
accorded large funeral NJ thar place on
Wednesday. The people OF Luling do
not believe he committed suicide.
The street commissioners force is
''bsnkingn the crossings 10 various parts
OF the city, making them even with the
streets.
One OF the Times reporters took ex-
oeption TO the sign Rats" In a soap
bubble. and thought Ihrre was some
thing personal In IL, but there wasn't.
The question is asked why the large
quantity OF rock is allowed so long and
unnece s-arily to obstruct the street
fronting George Dashiell's residence.
-Compluint is made that Perez street
has been cut up and made inconvenient
for travel, because 10 fixing the 3. A. q
A. Z. crossing, the street has not been
properly filed up.
County Clerk Smith is not as busy
as he would like to be. Can't some or
the candidates get up boom In the nat
uralization Of foreigners business for
hIm?
Justice McAllister admin istered SO
worth OF Justice with the usual trim
mings TO Miss Juans Disz this morning.
for using abusive and insulting language
to Domingo Mariners wife.
The reporters of the LIGHT are hun
grilly looking for "ScriptOrlan," who In
communication In this paper accused
them %, and "went for" th"m, for
matter they had no hand in perpetrating.
"A Mexican topper drank q quart Of
barrel house whisky last night on a
wager, and still lives. The same guam
tity once killed negro in this city.
After a careful and thorough per-
sonal investigation, several OF the news
paper reporters have learned that about
as much whisky is sold in one saloon as
another In the city.
Mr.. d. McIver, Of the firm OF Aspin-
wall s. Sons, of New York, Is laying the
celebrated Minton thing in the door
ways Of the opera house stores.
The city carpenter, jim Downey lie
no longer the "lOne carpenter" Evans
having been re-instated In his old job as
joint carpenter.
Miss Lottie Lyons paid the LIGHT
pleasant call this morning. She 10 In The
city in the interest Of her spicy little pa
per. the Del Rio Dot, end Is meeting
with good success.
"A new advertising dodge was seen
on the streets this morning, which was
not mentioned in Alderman Bel~nap's
resolution prohibiting advertising on
bridges. etc. Some rogue had pasted
the back Of a postal carriers horse with
little dodgers.
"A dangerous rock Of high dimen-
sion has been laying for months on the
street fronting Col. Andrews residence,
and IL l. quite time that it was removed.
az IL endangers vehicles, especially on
dark night.
IF Mr.. roomey would paint a red
hot stove on one ofTh scenes for the
opera-huuse, it would make the audience
feel a little warmer when that curtain
goes up and the breeze from the north
pole comes out.
1t looks as though one Of our banks
would soon have an assistant paying
teller, or ut least that the eller IL going
into q partnership with n certain Eighth
ward yOung lady 10 assist him, but she
says he is awful slow TO tell Ter so.
Policemen sit about the bat cave
fire ut night and bemOan their sad fate
of having no arrests 10 make because
times are too hard for people ia buS
whisky and fight. The reporters fully
sympathiZe win them.
-"Duck" lie happy. He has received
letter from her In Los Angeles. in
which she SPEAKS of the glorious climate
OF California. He longs for another
MaIson Blanche supper.
"A very indisoreet young lady, Who
Is in the habit OF meeting her beau on
the corner of North Flores an Marshall
streets, about s O'Clock In the evening,
should introduce him to her ina" This
would per APPS not be so delightful, but
deal safer Tor the girl.